Important Info

We ask that you please respect the rules of our server. Nat Hist relies on players following our Semi-Realism rules for the community to be enjoyable. If you don't like them there are many other great communities that may better suit your needs!

 

If you experienced a rule break: If you are in the Discord and are a full member, please submit a Regular Ticket. If you are not in the Discord, there are options in Facebook, but you can also signal in-game Admin Staff. However, tickets are the primary way rule breaks are truly assessed and resultant penalties given. But if you are a non-Discord player and explain the incident, we will do our best to get you justice. In general though, we highly recommend being in the Discord to get rule breaks addressed. 

 

>>>As a supplement to our ticket system, if you/your group are affected by what you are CERTAIN is a Gameplay Rulebreak, please signal an Admin Staff member (purple name) with "Admin + Brief Context" in Global Chat. This is the equivalent of calling "911" so please do not abuse it!!! (3 false/blatantly unneeded Admin calls will result in an Official Chat Penalty, see below).

 

An Admin Staff member will then go to you as soon as they are able to address the incident via Local Chat. This will typically involve asking questions and clarifying rules. It is not a replacement for tickets!

(When staff are addressing an issue in Local Chat, please hold on casual banter and do not butt into what they are saying).

 

Additionally, if you believe you were rule broken please also do your best to submit a prior Player Report. These reports provide numerous helpful aspects for staff, for example, recent damage causers and nearby players.

 

If you break a Gameplay Rule: After it is explicitly determined you broke a gameplay rule, you will receive a message from a Nat Hist staff member indicating you have received a penalty (it is your responsibility to heed their notification!). Penalties listed in order--

- Official Warning

- Strike 1 (Probation starts, Temp Ban, 24 hours)

- Strike 2 (Temp Ban, 3 days)

- Strike 3 (Permanent Ban) + chance to appeal after 2 months

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​​Penalty Record and Roll Back: An Official Warning rolls back after 2 weeks. However, if you reach your first Strike 1 you enter a 3-week probationary period where if you reach Strike 3 within that time you will be permanently banned [with the opportunity to appeal after two months (see below)]. Your probationary period will be up after the 3 weeks with all penalties wiped, but you earning your first Strike 1 remains on your record.

 

The second time you earn Strike 1, your probationary period will be 6 weeks where if you reach Strike 3 in that time you will be permanently banned [with the opportunity to appeal after two months (see below)]. 

A third Strike 1 has no probation, it is a permanent ban [with opportunity to appeal after two months].

 

Staff will let you know of the date your probation is up. Further, if you go three months without earning an Official Warning your Strike and probation record will be reset to nothing.

 

These penalties ensure Nat Hist stays as a rule-following environment which contributes to the fun, and for players to experience consistency in rules enforcement. Nat Hist staff can see who kills who and we have access to player reports. We also have chat logs. However, ultimately rule breaks can only be determined with assistive hard proof, so we encourage recording your replays and/or gameplay.

 

If you break a Chat Rule (Rules 2, 3, 11, & 40): After it is explicitly determined you broke a Chat Rule (see Nat Hist Chat Rules), you will receive an in-game message from a Nat Hist staff member indicating you have received a Chat Penalty. Listed in order--

- Rule Reminder (optional 15-min mute)

- Official Chat Warning (30-min mute)

- Chat Strike 1 (24-hour mute)

- Chat Strike 2 (3-day mute)

- Chat Strike 3 (Permamute) + chance to appeal after 2 months.

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If you go three months without earning a Chat Penalty your record will be reset to nothing.

 

Ban and Chat Mute Appeals

Only permabans and permamutes are allowed to appeal and can only be appealed after the ban/mute has been active for 2 months. Appeal request is submitted via Lead Staff Ticket in Discord where Lead Staff will decide to reject or grant your appeal for assessment.

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If an appeal is granted, a group of 6 staff members will gather to discuss the merits of either overturning or sustaining the ban/mute and decided via simple majority within 48 hours of an accepted appeal. If your permaban is overturned, you will return to the server under a 2-week probationary period with the following conditions:

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• In-game chat mute for the probationary period

• Removal of Species role for the probationary period.

 

If the player completes their 2-week probation with no issues, their penalty will be fully cleared from the sheet, their mute removed, and you will be allowed to return to play as normal. If probation is violated with a confirmed rule break, the player will be returned to permabanned status with no further opportunity to appeal.

 

If your Permamute is overturned, you will regain full chat access, no conditions.

 

Permabanned and Permamuted players will only have ONE chance to redeem themselves. If they appealed once before, they will NOT have another chance.